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Africa and the discovery of America.

Title: Africa and the discovery of America. By Leo Wiener.
Author: Wiener, Leo, 1862-1939.
Publication: Philadelphia, Pa., Innes & Sons, 1920-22.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	v. 3	Text	Use in library	Sc 970-W (Wiener, L. Africa and the discovery of America) v. 3	Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	v. 2	Text	Use in library	Sc 970-W (Wiener, L. Africa and the discovery of America) v. 2	Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	v. 2	Text	Use in library	Sc 970-W (Wiener, L. Africa and the discovery of America) c.2 v. 2	Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	v. 1	Text	Use in library	Sc 970-W (Wiener, L. Africa and the discovery of America) v. 1	Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	v. 1	Text	Use in library	Sc 970-W (Wiener, L. Africa and the discovery of America) c.2 v. 1	Schomburg Center - Research & Reference

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3 v. front., plates, maps, facsim.; 23 cm.

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v. 1. Foreword. Sources quoted (p. xi-xix) The journal of the first voyage and the first letter of Columbus. The second voyage. Tobacco. The bread roots.--v. 2. Foreword. Sources quoted (p. xi-xxii) Cotton. The sovereign remedy. Bead money.--v. 3. Foreword. Sources quoted (p. xiii-xxi) The history of copper and iron. The gypsies in Europe. The gypsies in Africa. African fetishism and totemism. The Bori. Fetishism and Sufism. The Caraibs. The Areyto. Feathers and masks. The Caraib social order. The Boratio. The Mandingo elements in the Mexican civilization. The Mexican New Year. Conclusions.

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